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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. in 2021 compared to the year before. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.

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Supply Chain Disruptions Directly Attributed to a Portion of US Inflation

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters posting, we highlight a published analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco quantifying the effects of supply chain disruptions have had on the existing U.S. While demand factors played a large role in the spring of 2021, they explain only about a third of recent elevated inflation levels.

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Is It Time to Concentrate on Climate Adaptation?

Enterra Insights

we’d watch places like Houston, San Francisco, and New York City — not to mention the entire state of Florida — slowly disappear into the sea.” East notes, “Sustainability analytics requires a lot of data from many different sources. degree climate threshold ,” NPR, 8 November 2021. [3]

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Chicago based Loop was founded in 2021 when many businesses struggled with added logistics disruption brought about be the Covid-19 global pandemic. The San Francisco based start-up observes that: “ Today’s organizations are increasingly global interconnected ecosystems of thousands of suppliers, partners, and clients.

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Is Hyperloop the Next Great Supply Chain Technology?

Kinaxis

The proposed first route between Los Angeles and San Francisco would cut travel times from 4 hours to 35 minutes. The CEO of the company behind the test (Hyperloop One) estimates that the system will be transporting cargo by 2019 and passengers by 2021. 1126km / h).

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o9 Solutions Raises $295 Million from Strategic Investors to Continue its Growth Across Industry Verticals & Markets

o9 Solutions

And because global supply chains are the majority source of environmental impact, we believe transforming planning is key not just for improving P&Ls, but also the health of the planet. office in San Francisco. www.generationim.com.

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America Needs a Tune-up for Its Innovation Engine

Enterra Insights

He writes, “Before the pandemic, housing shortages in the San Francisco Bay Area and other high-demand locations had become a major barrier to innovation and economic growth. Just as the coronavirus won’t go away on its own, the sources of economic innovation in the United States won’t just maintain themselves.”

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